(This is part I of II. Here is part II.) Love and compassion, guide us. Help....
Repentance and (no) Reluctance: A Confession for America
In honor of Veterans' Day, I repost this blog as it highlights the prophetic....
On Kindness After Tragedy: This Can Still Happen Anywhere
I know there is talk about how, after 9/11, there was a change in this country. Or at least in NYC. That people were nice to each other, looked after each other, cared for strangers, in ways that had not been so evident before. I think of Suheir....
Open Letter to a Kindred Spirit: Why I am UU
I recently met a woman who has a storied spiritual history. That history....
True Story: Married not Once, but Twice, to a Dying Woman
This is a story of lesbians in love. It is also one facet of the jewel story....
Approaching Newtown: Strengthening Our Universalist Impulse
Soon our nation marks the one-year anniversary of the tragedy of the Newtown shootings. The media frenzy attention has begun. Huffington Post recently published this piece, highlighting President Obama’s “secret” (I think they mean private)....
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I used to be thrilled with thirty or forty hits on my blog. Yes, I would be....
Circumambulating in the Autumn: Our Spiritual Practices
Unless an elder or physically disabled, one must park below and walk up a....
Holy Tampon, Batman!
The holiest moment I have experienced at my home congregation involved a tampon. Many years ago I was trained to be a teacher/facilitator of the Our Whole Lives (OWL). Don’t know what OWL is? Our Whole Lives helps participants make informed and....
Occasional Prayer: CGUUS Benediction
I first encountered the concept via poetry – where I have encountered many....